How to Write 'Forgiveness' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word Forgiveness. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Forgiveness
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-Pa-Pa-Ta-Wa
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-G-Pa-Pa-Ta-Wa-D
Etymology
From the root 'tawad', which originally meant to bargain or discount, evolving into the act of releasing a debt or sin.
ROOT WORD: TAWAD
patawarin
to forgive someone
nagpatawad
forgave
mapatawad
to be forgiven
kapatawaran
forgiveness